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heaven05

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8. Lincoln was a pragmatist

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Mon Oct 16, 2017, 03:09 PM

Oct 2017

he was no "great emancipator" nor humanitarian..a pragmatist relating that time and world history up to that point, as he had experienced.

I imagine what to do with all those freed African-americans was a real headache and their solution(s) caused the headache I'm dealing with and experiencing presently, the stressful racial divide in ameriKKKKa lately.

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The sickening historical lie that Abraham Lincoln wasn't interested in abolishing black slavery. [View all] YoungDemCA Oct 2017 OP

great list of quotes, thank you. JHan Oct 2017 #1

Posting for a friend. brer cat Oct 2017 #2

I remember hearing some time ago about that part of that debate stevenleser Oct 2017 #3

Unfortunately , by even those standards, he was considered liberal for his time. JHan Oct 2017 #4

"The problem today is an obsession with individuals as mythical heroes who did no wrong." brer cat Oct 2017 #5

agreed! ++++++ JHan Oct 2017 #6

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Me. Oct 2017 #7

Lincoln was a pragmatist heaven05 Oct 2017 #8